‘Database for journalists’
Info minister says Press Council preparing roadmap
The Bangladesh Press Council is preparing a roadmap to create a database for the protection of journalists and media outlets in the country, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday.
"The newly drafted law has already been sent to the cabinet," he told reporters after receiving the council's annual report of 2020 from the chairman of the Press Council at the secretariat.
If passed by the parliament after its presentation in the cabinet, press council's power will increase, he said.
"To protect the journalist community, I requested the Press Council to create a database of journalists and news media by formulating a policy consulting the stakeholders," he said.
"I think it will bring order and reduce misinformation," the minister added.
He hoped that "true" journalists and the media will get protection through the formation of this database.
The minister thanked the Press Council for training journalists and contributing to the betterment of journalism as well as for initiating the work of compiling the list of journalists on the basis of a policy as directed.